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Then there are pitcherplants that time their production of new leaves until after their flowers are pollinated so they don’t eat their pollinators!
August 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Then there are pitcherplants that time their production of new leaves until after their flowers are pollinated so they don’t eat their pollinators!
Here is one of my favorites, Lactarius (Lactifluus) corrugis. When cut it bleeds a white “milk”. When cooked it has a very meaty flavor. Very good marinated and grilled.
July 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here is one of my favorites, Lactarius (Lactifluus) corrugis. When cut it bleeds a white “milk”. When cooked it has a very meaty flavor. Very good marinated and grilled.
I’ll keep eye out for some of my favorite easy to ID mushrooms and share some with you if you like. Should be a good year for them.
June 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’ll keep eye out for some of my favorite easy to ID mushrooms and share some with you if you like. Should be a good year for them.
It appears to be a polypore of some kind but it’s infected by another fungus that makes it hard to tell what species it is. Could have been Ganoderma.
June 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It appears to be a polypore of some kind but it’s infected by another fungus that makes it hard to tell what species it is. Could have been Ganoderma.
I’m pretty certain it isn’t just based on habitat alone. I did once find a huge bunch of oyster mushrooms on the Corner by a frat house that appeared every year. Given the location I wasn’t going to eat them!
June 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I’m pretty certain it isn’t just based on habitat alone. I did once find a huge bunch of oyster mushrooms on the Corner by a frat house that appeared every year. Given the location I wasn’t going to eat them!
If building was causing prices to drop (or even stabilize) then I’d expect to see a graph of home price and days on market that contrasts with overall economic conditions. It’s the sort of thing that may be difficult to detect until after it’s already happened.
June 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If building was causing prices to drop (or even stabilize) then I’d expect to see a graph of home price and days on market that contrasts with overall economic conditions. It’s the sort of thing that may be difficult to detect until after it’s already happened.
I assume you aren’t serious, but porcini is Boletus edulis, and I’ve only really seen it in spruce forests at higher elevation. There are other edible boletes one can find locally. Boletes are can be identified because they have pores instead of gills. There are some poisonous ones too.
June 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I assume you aren’t serious, but porcini is Boletus edulis, and I’ve only really seen it in spruce forests at higher elevation. There are other edible boletes one can find locally. Boletes are can be identified because they have pores instead of gills. There are some poisonous ones too.
IDK, price in Crozet really don’t seem to be down much. Do you have more recent data? Plus, one has to take into account the effects of the larger economy and consumer sentiment, which dropped to a record low.
June 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
IDK, price in Crozet really don’t seem to be down much. Do you have more recent data? Plus, one has to take into account the effects of the larger economy and consumer sentiment, which dropped to a record low.
It’s what Julius Caesar said when he crossed the Rubicon, “The die is cast”. It means essentially “What’s done is done, no turning back now”.
June 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It’s what Julius Caesar said when he crossed the Rubicon, “The die is cast”. It means essentially “What’s done is done, no turning back now”.
It’s worth noting that current policies originated over fears that rural sprawl would cause the South Fork Rivanna reservoir to silt up and be unusable as a water supply. They were clearly right.
June 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It’s worth noting that current policies originated over fears that rural sprawl would cause the South Fork Rivanna reservoir to silt up and be unusable as a water supply. They were clearly right.
Alea iacta est. It’ll be whatever it is and either this shift in policy for Albemarle will be good, or it won’t (Obviously, I lean towards the later camp.). Take a mental snapshot of this moment though so we can discuss again in four years. We should know by then if things are better or worse.
June 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Alea iacta est. It’ll be whatever it is and either this shift in policy for Albemarle will be good, or it won’t (Obviously, I lean towards the later camp.). Take a mental snapshot of this moment though so we can discuss again in four years. We should know by then if things are better or worse.
Nothing is “shot down” at this point. Keep in mind Crozet has the highest rate of growth in the whole county. Part of the issue is that we’ve made density a dirty word. People associate it with declining service and loss of greenspaces. You can’t just have density, it needs to be livable.
June 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Nothing is “shot down” at this point. Keep in mind Crozet has the highest rate of growth in the whole county. Part of the issue is that we’ve made density a dirty word. People associate it with declining service and loss of greenspaces. You can’t just have density, it needs to be livable.
If you go back in time, Charlottesville had many of the same issues in regard to large underutilized areas. It was the fact they couldn’t annex anymore that has really driven redevelopment of those spaces. If expand prematurely, it will completely remove any incentive to redevelop and cause sprawl
June 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If you go back in time, Charlottesville had many of the same issues in regard to large underutilized areas. It was the fact they couldn’t annex anymore that has really driven redevelopment of those spaces. If expand prematurely, it will completely remove any incentive to redevelop and cause sprawl
What responsibility do neighboring localities have to provide jobs and compact development? Isn’t part of the problem also that neighboring localities have a laissez faire towards planning and zoning? Why would we want to be more like them?
June 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
What responsibility do neighboring localities have to provide jobs and compact development? Isn’t part of the problem also that neighboring localities have a laissez faire towards planning and zoning? Why would we want to be more like them?
I agree completely.
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I agree completely.
The problem is that the supply is local but a bunch of the demand is from elsewhere Virginia or even elsewhere in the U.S. It only takes one retiree from NOVA to outbid everyone on a single house in a neighborhood to blow home prices out of the water for the whole neighborhood.
June 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The problem is that the supply is local but a bunch of the demand is from elsewhere Virginia or even elsewhere in the U.S. It only takes one retiree from NOVA to outbid everyone on a single house in a neighborhood to blow home prices out of the water for the whole neighborhood.
We both want the same thing here, just different philosophies and priorities on how to get there.
June 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We both want the same thing here, just different philosophies and priorities on how to get there.
I would never expect someone to take something like that on faith. Skepticism is good. Just be willing to consider that it *might* be true until I can show you some better local examples.
June 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I would never expect someone to take something like that on faith. Skepticism is good. Just be willing to consider that it *might* be true until I can show you some better local examples.
It didn’t really work out that way during the housing market collapse. Some people did benefit, but banks also stopped lending so mostly only wealthy people with cash on hand could take advantage of lower prices. Now if we were allowed to pass a tax on second homes…
June 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It didn’t really work out that way during the housing market collapse. Some people did benefit, but banks also stopped lending so mostly only wealthy people with cash on hand could take advantage of lower prices. Now if we were allowed to pass a tax on second homes…
I think the shortest term way to get to affordable housing is definitely not by relying on the “invisible hand” of the free market… Just building it in partnership with non-profits is the most efficient way. Also, AHIP is an instant way to make homes affordable.
June 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I think the shortest term way to get to affordable housing is definitely not by relying on the “invisible hand” of the free market… Just building it in partnership with non-profits is the most efficient way. Also, AHIP is an instant way to make homes affordable.
I think we should accelerate that redevelopment by putting significant incentives on the table. For the record though, greenfield development can sometime take decades as well (like Old Trail).
June 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I think we should accelerate that redevelopment by putting significant incentives on the table. For the record though, greenfield development can sometime take decades as well (like Old Trail).
I did say it was an extreme example, but you definitely can see how building came to a stop during that time.
June 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I did say it was an extreme example, but you definitely can see how building came to a stop during that time.